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Egypt’s data center gamble: AI powerhouse or power drain?

Tech giants are eyeing Egypt for massive data centers. But as Chile’s experience shows, hosting them drains scarce water and energy while yielding meager economic returns.

Amr Adly_

Egypt’s data center gamble: AI powerhouse or power drain?

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The peephole economy: Monopoly’s grip on World Cup broadcasting

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Technologically speaking, the internet could easily stream the World Cup to everyone at once. Broadcasters make sure it doesn't — and piracy fills the gap, at a price of its own.

Mohammad El-Taher_

The peephole economy: Monopoly’s grip on World Cup broadcasting

Not so PG: The biometric trap in Egypt’s Child Protection Law

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Egypt is drafting a bill on children's social media use; the real test is whether it disciplines platforms or entrenches mass surveillance capabilities.

Mohammad El-Taher_

Not so PG: The biometric trap in Egypt’s Child Protection Law

Behind the padlock: How Egypt quietly blocked Discord

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An investigation by Al Manassa and Masaar reveals a broad disruption to Discord services across Egypt between January 11 and 12, resolving just before midnight on the 12th.

Al Manassa_

Behind the padlock: How Egypt quietly blocked Discord

Fax machines to AI: Can real journalism survive the algorithm?

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From a seized fax machine to Google Gemini, Mansour traces how independent journalism in the Arab world is squeezed between state repression, Big Tech power, and AI.

Khaled Mansour_

Fax machines to AI: Can real journalism survive the algorithm?

Not everybody is ready for the fall of the AI house of cards

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AI isn’t for everyone. When the free ride ends, access will shrink, and much of the Global South, including Egypt, could be locked out of the next digital revolution.

Abdelrahman Ghareeb_

Not everybody is ready for the fall of the AI house of cards

Centers of scientific excellence: What can we learn from India?

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Examining how centers of scientific excellence—from India’s TIFR to Germany’s Max Planck—show the transformative power of investing in fundamental sciences.

Adel Awad_

Centers of scientific excellence: What can we learn from India?

Digital blackout: How the Israeli attack triggered Iranian internet collapse

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Amid Israel-Iran warfare, Iran’s internet infrastructure collapsed in June 2025—triggering a historic blackout shaped by cyberattacks, state control, and digital warfare.

Mohammad El-Taher_

Digital blackout: How the Israeli attack triggered Iranian internet collapse

The economy of loneliness

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The pandemic exposed how deeply we need one another—and how loneliness became a billion-dollar business selling connection, from dating apps to AI companions.

Abdelrahman Ghareeb_

The economy of loneliness

Israel-Iran cyber warfare rewrites the rules of modern combat

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A digital war unfolds as Israel and Iran clash across cyberspace, AI, and drones, reshaping modern conflict through metadata, misinformation, and algorithmic warfare.

Mohammad El-Taher_

Israel-Iran cyber warfare rewrites the rules of modern combat

Beyond oil: Abu Dhabi's 5GW US-Israel AI gambit

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New UAE-US AI mega-project sparks concern. Touted as an economic leap, critics see it as a tool for control, leveraging vast resources and fueling normalization with Israel

Mohammad El-Taher_

Beyond oil: Abu Dhabi's 5GW US-Israel AI gambit

Who wins the chip war?

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The US-China chip war heats up as tech giants race to control AI infrastructure. With sanctions, fabs, and global supply chains shaping the future, “cheaper” could mean everything.

Abdelrahman Ghareeb_

Who wins the chip war?

Endometriosis: The invisible pain swept under the rug

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For years, Amal was told her pain was normal, but it wasn’t. Like 176 million women worldwide, she was living with endometriosis, a condition that hides in plain sight.

Alaa Saad_

Endometriosis: The invisible pain swept under the rug

Alaa Abdel Fattah’s quadrilogy: Blogging, Linux, politics, and prison

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The multifaceted legacy of Alaa Abd El-Fattah, Egypt’s most prominent political prisoner, whose contributions to digital activism and free expression continue to inspire.

Mohammad El-Taher_

Alaa Abdel Fattah’s quadrilogy: Blogging, Linux, politics, and prison

Con artists of all eras: The Ponzi scheme never dies

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My father lost his savings chasing a promise wrapped in faith. Decades later, the con returns—digital, polished, and preying on the same desperate hope.

Abdelrahman Ghareeb_

Con artists of all eras: The Ponzi scheme never dies

Ants and their slaves: Slavery isn't exclusive to humans

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They have no consciousness as we know it, yet some ants have built societies where slavery is essential to survival. What does that say about evolution—and us?

Adel Awad_

Ants and their slaves: Slavery isn't exclusive to humans

Plastic fishing: Fishermen turn to recycling for income

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Master fisherman Arafa Gaber now sails the Nile in a boat made from recycled plastic to fish for both fish and plastic waste that decreases fish stocks.

Mohamed Awad_

Plastic fishing: Fishermen turn to recycling for income